Browsing Quotes, page 59
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Men make counterfeit money; in many more cases, money makes counterfeit men.
Speaker: Sydney J. HarrisPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:20 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who believe themselves sinners; the sinners who believe themselves righteous.
Speaker: Blaise PascalPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:20 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
Speaker: Thomas MannPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:20 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.
Speaker: Bjarne Stroustrup, designer of C++Posted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
Speaker: Henry Ward BeecherPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.
Speaker: Piet HeinPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:19 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Say oh wise man how you have come to such knowledge? Because I was never ashamed to confess my ignorance and ask others.
Speaker: Johann Gottfried Von HerderPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:18 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
Speaker: Arthur Conan DoylePosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:18 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Speaker: Katharine HepburnPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:17 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I have no respect for reality as soon as it is acknowledged as such. I am interested in what I can do with unacknowledged reality.
Speaker: Elias CanettiPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:17 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There are things that music can do that language could never do, that painting can never do, or sculpture. Music is capable of going directly to the source of the mystery. It doesn’t have to explain it. It can simply celebrate it.
Speaker: Marsha NormanPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Let early education be a sort of amusement, you will then better be able to find out the natural bent of the child.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
No, no, you’re not thinking, you’re just being logical.
Speaker: Neils BohrPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:16 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
Speaker: René DescartesPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:15 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
No man can be called friendless when he has God and the companionship of good books.
Speaker: Elizabeth Barret BrowningPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:15 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Remember that the best teachers not only teach a subject— they convey principles of living through a subject.
Speaker: Dan MillmanPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:14 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.
Speaker: Jerome K. JeromePosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:14 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Too much sanity may be madness. And maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be!
Speaker: Miguel de CervantesPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:14 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
As one goes through life one learns that if you don’t paddle your own canoe, you don’t move.
Speaker: Katharine HepburnPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The Gospel is meant to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.
Speaker: Garrison KeillorPosted: 28 Nov 2008 at 1:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
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